I finally broke down and took a peek at Cellar Tracker. After looking at it from all angles, this is a very nice program. You can view your cellar from many angles, allowing you to find weak spots and fill in the gaps. Since I am a Rhone/SUD fanatic, it came as no surprise to me that almost half of my French wines are from there. It does show that I need to bolster my Provence and Languedoc supply.

As far as producers, Donnhoff is a whopping 10% of my entire collection (250 bottles), with Selbach-Oster and J. J. Prum are second and third, but at less than half of Donnhoff. Jadot is the first non-German producer, at 2.6%.

The 2001 vintage dominates my collection with 25% of the total. between the great German and the classic Bordeaux vintage in 2001 I bought a lot. Most of the rest is nicely distributed from 1995 to 2005, with a smattering of older bottles. This reflects my really gettting serious about wine in about 1996.

There behind the glass lies a real blade of grass. Be careful as you pass. Move along. Move along.

I think the shares in the cellars (and thanx to CT this is easy to generate) tell a lot not only about palates but about location....I'm guessing those of us in CA have a larger proportion of CA/US wines in our cellars in general....

We just moved, my wines have been in boxes for 6 months and I've been taking whatever I could find to drink. My "cellar" (actually closet) doors are being installed as we speak and the cooling/humidifying unit will be installed later this week. I'm not sure when the shelves arrive. When all that happens, I'll take inventory and start again.

With my current buying habits, France, Italy, Germany and to a lesser extent Austria will expand. WA and California will shrink. Spain and Oregon will stay about the same as I seem to replace what I drink with new purchases.

Looking at my cellar, I need to buy more Champagne. I thought I had more cellared.